Sentences with phrase «of pharmaceutical treatments»

«No cure for the common cold» refers to the lack of pharmaceutical treatments able to resolve simple upper respiratory infections.

«Alcoholism» has been treated just as effectively by deciding not to drink, as by any other means short of pharmaceutical treatment.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS): this is the most common form of pharmaceutical treatment for arthritis in dogs.

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• Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, a Princeton, N.J. - based provider of treatment solutions for opioid addiction, raised $ 110 million in funding.

The backstory: Illinois - based Marathon Pharmaceuticals won U.S. FDA approval of deflazacort, a common steroid that you can order for less than $ 1 per pill from abroad through online pharmacies, under the brand name Emflaza for a topline price of $ 89,000 for a year's treatment.

«Together with safe sex practice, early diagnosis, and access to treatment, we expect that PrEP will significantly reduce HIV transmission rates in New Zealand,» Sarah Fitt, the chief executive of New Zealand's public pharmaceutical management agency Pharmac, told Stuff.

On Wednesday, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis made history as the first company to win Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a groundbreaking new type of cancer treatment known as CAR - T.

Two days after the FDA approved Addyi, the first medication to treat female sexual dysfunction, Valeant bought Sprout Pharmaceuticals, the makers of the treatment.

Late last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected Sprout Pharmaceuticals» treatment for hyposexual desire disorder (HSDD) in women — in simple terms, a lack of sexual desire — because it wasn't convinced of the benefits.

The much - maligned (and financially hobbled) Valeant Pharmaceuticals got a spark of good news Wednesday as the FDA approved its Siliq (brodalumab), a treatment for moderate - to - severe plaque psoriasis.

The 32 - year - old CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals became a target of widespread ire in September when he boosted the price of the toxoplasmosis treatment Daraprim by over 5,000 % after acquiring the drug in August.

For example, MethylGene Inc. (TSX: MYG) is focusing on cancer treatment, biOasis Technologies Inc. (TSXV: BTI) is pursuing research on disorders of the central nervous system, and Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX: DND) is working on a treatment for acne - related conditions.

That's because pharmaceutical companies go through the process of creating a treatment from beginning to end without any guarantee a drug will be effective and produce revenue.

An outside panel of experts gave a resounding thumbs up to GW Pharmaceuticals» cannabis - based experimental treatment for rare, childhood epilepsy and seizure disorders.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Alnylam Pharmaceuticals the green light to relaunch clinical trials of its treatment for the bleeding disorder hemophilia after pausing the studies after a patient death.

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has made waves with a drug pipeline that includes one of the most talked - about experimental cancer therapies in recent years — a treatment called Kymriah that reconfigures the body's own immune cells to become aggressive blood - cancer killers.

• Oyster Point Pharmaceuticals Inc., a San Francisco - based developer of treatments for dry eye and other diseases of the ocular surface, raised $ 22 million in Series A funding.

Like more than 10 million others worldwide, I depend on treatment advances to maximize my quality of life, and historically, large pharmaceutical companies have played a key role in spurring these advances.

Medical Identity Theft means the theft of the insured's personal or health insurance information to obtain medical treatment, pharmaceutical services or medical insurance coverage.

Allergan and Paratek Pharmaceuticals are celebrating the success of sarecycline, an experimental acne treatment that met the primary endpoints in a pair of crucial phase 3 clinical trials.

«Having all the pharmaceutical data is a big step in helping the insurer better manage your choices of products, give you advice about behaviour, ensure you are complying with your pharmaceutical regime and adhering to the treatment that has been prescribed.»

The takeover interest in Tesaro underscores the pharmaceutical industry's strong appetite for the acquisition of biotechnology companies with promising medicines under development in lucrative sectors such as cancer treatment.

However, in very rare circumstances, Ionis Pharmaceuticals is able to make an experimental drug that we are developing available for patients outside of a traditional clinical trial under an expanded access protocol, sometimes referred to as a treatment protocol.

Cirius Therapeutics, a clinical - stage pharmaceutical company, is developing MSDC - 0602K, a next - generation insulin sensitizer for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

While most of the attention on pharmaceutical prices has been on new drugs for diseases like cancer, hepatitis C and high cholesterol, there is also growing concern about huge price increases on older drugs, some of them generic, that have long been mainstays of treatment.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL)'s generic version of Copaxone for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis should be seen as a «clear negative» for Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTA)'s Glatopa franchise, analysts at Baird said.

My fellow gun - owners all agree that there should be a national database for those mentally ill people that are currently undergoing any kind of treatment, including the use of any pharmaceuticals as a means to treat depression, psychosis, etc..

New, expensive technology: hardware, pharmaceuticals, modes of treatment, are all aspects of modern medical care and wonderful because they keep people alive....

Treatment for both types of depression may involve pharmaceutical control, depending on the diagnosis of probable causes and background for the individual's condition.

While there is still some debate as to what causes these disorders in children, the intervention of natural medicine, rather than those mass - produced by pharmaceutical companies, is being used more and more throughout treatment programs.

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The requirements of pharmaceutical biotechnology sector are extensive — compact design, clear arrangement of the line for aseptic process management, closed product handling, easy access for certified cleaning and low maintenance, reliable compliance with GMP requirements, gentle product treatment, efficient recovery of active ingredients, homogeneity, and reliable scale - up.

Since the inception of IVF treatments, there have been various pharmaceutical drugs created to help a lady become a mom.

Bipolar Disorder is one of the biggest mental health concerns in the United States, but instead of addressing the true, spiritual nature of the disease, the normal course of treatment involves harmful pharmaceuticals.

«We have spent millions of dollars to combat the problem through law enforcement, treatment and prevention, and if those efforts have been unfairly impacted by the improper practices of pharmaceutical companies and others, we owe it to the tax payers to leave no stone unturned in recovering any unjustified costs.»

I want stronger state oversight and funding of sewage treatment plants, including requirement that the plants remove nitrogen and pharmaceuticals.

His plan, he explained, is to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable, remove insurance barriers to addiction treatment and recovery services and put forth legislation that would designate 11 variations of fentanyl — a potent opioid that has surpassed heroin as the main culprit in opioid overdose deaths in Suffolk County — as Schedule I controlled substances under the state's Public Health Law.

According to a 2008 poll of U.S. residents conducted by Research!America, 94 % of Americans think universities and companies should work together to find new treatments, and 81 % think it's a good idea for pharmaceutical companies to fund research conducted in universities.

Journal articles on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) ghostwritten by medical writers employed by the pharmaceutical industry serially understated the treatment's risks and promoted unapproved uses, according to an analysis of industry documents.

Although project «BioShield» was approved by a Senate committee last week, members of the House are voicing strong reservations about its potentially astronomical cost and negative impact on competition among biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies designing new treatments.

Motivated by the interests of a pharmaceutical industry unlikely to profit from the treatments, Audley says, the society wants to «change the laws in all civilized countries to outlaw these therapies».

The treatment joins talk, pharmaceutical and electroconvulsive therapies (the latter of which rTMS is an offshoot) as the only known methods of alleviating the debilitating symptoms of depression.

Finding new treatments is critical because less than 5 percent of patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors respond to everolimus, the most commonly used pharmaceutical, François said.

A few years ago, a pharmaceutical company developed an injectable form of the IL - 18 inhibitor, with the idea of offering treatment to combat rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

«People with HIV infection simply demanded better treatments and successfully rallied for both awareness and new treatments, literally chaining themselves to the doors of pharmaceutical companies,» said Bloem.

A 2003 survey, led by Scott Kim, an associate professor in the bioethics program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, showed that if participants were told that a researcher or institution testing a treatment was being funded by the pharmaceutical company that made the drug, 40 percent would be more willing to participate — a finding Kim chalks up to an appreciation for up - front honesty.

«Our findings could have a significant impact on the treatment of autoimmune diseases, as well as on stem cell and immuno - oncology therapies,» said Gladstone Senior Investigator Sheng Ding, PhD, who is also a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco.

The news followed closely on other disappointing results in the past couple of weeks from biotechnology companies such as Ribi Pharmaceuticals, which abandoned a trial of a melanoma treatment, and Rapligen, which made financial cutbacks.

The pharmaceutical company that has licensed the technology plans to produce 100 million malaria treatments a year, covering between 25 and 33 percent of the global need.

«Sometimes the magnitude of treatment response for simple and inexpensive non-drug therapies exceeds that for pharmaceuticals,» said Clauw.